| SECTIONS |
Army
Act 1950 |
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Preamble |
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CHAPTER-I: Preliminary |
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Short
title and commencement |
| 2. |
Persons
subject to this Act |
| 3. |
Definitions |
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CHAPTER II: Special Provisions
for the Application of Act
in Certain Cases
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| 4. |
Application
of Act to certain forces under Central Government |
| 5. |
Application
of Act to forces of Part B States |
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Special
provision as to rank in certain cases |
| 7. |
Commanding
officer of persons subject to military law under Cl. (i)
of Sec. 2 |
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Officer
exercising powers in certain cases |
| 9. |
Power
to declare persons to be on active service |
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CHAPTER III: Commission, Appointment
and Enrolment |
| 10. |
Commission
and appointment |
| 11. |
Ineligibility
of aliens for enrolment |
| 12. |
Ineligibility
of females for enrolment or employment |
| 13. |
Procedure
before enrolling officer |
| 14. |
Mode
of enrolment |
| 15. |
Validity
of enrolment |
| 16. |
Persons
to be attested |
| 17. |
Mode
of attestation |
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CHAPTER IV: Conditions of Service |
| 18. |
Tenure
of service under the Act |
| 19. |
Termination
of service by Central Government |
| 20. |
Dismissal,
removal or reduction by the Chief of the Army Staff and
by other officers |
| 21. |
Power
to modify certain fundamental rights in their application
to persons subject to this Act |
| 22. |
Retirement,
release or discharge |
| 23. |
Certificate
on termination of service |
| 24. |
Discharge
or dismissal when out of India |
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CHAPTER V: Service Privileges |
| 25. |
Authorised
deductions only to be made from pay |
| 26. |
Remedy
of aggrieved persons other than officers |
| 27. |
Remedy
of aggrieved officers |
| 28. |
Immunity
from attachment |
| 29. |
Immunity
from arrest for debt |
| 30. |
Immunity
of persons attending courts-martial from arrest |
| 31. |
Privileges
of reservists |
| 32. |
Priority
in respect of army personnel's litigation |
| 33. |
Saving
of rights and privileges under laws |
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CHAPTER VI: Offences |
| 34. |
Offences
in relation to the enemy and punishable with death |
| 35. |
Offences
in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death |
| 36. |
Offences
punishable more severely on active service than at other
times |
| 37. |
Mutiny |
| 38. |
Desertion
and aiding desertion |
| 39. |
Absence
without leave |
| 40. |
Striking
or threatening superior officers |
| 41. |
Disobedience
to superior officer |
| 42. |
Insubordination
and obstruction |
| 43. |
Fraudulent
enrolment |
| 44. |
False
answers on enrolment |
| 45. |
Unbecoming
conduct |
| 46. |
Certain
forms of disgraceful conduct |
| 47. |
III-treating
a subordinate |
| 48. |
Intoxication |
| 49. |
Permitting
escape of person in custody |
| 50. |
Irregularity
in connection with arrest or confinement |
| 51. |
Escape
from custody |
| 52. |
Offences
in respect of property |
| 53. |
Extortion
and corruption |
| 54. |
Making
away with equipment |
| 55. |
Injury
to property |
| 56. |
False
accusations |
| 57. |
Falsifying
official documents and false declaration |
| 58. |
Signing
in blank and failure to report |
| 59. |
Offences
relating to courts-martial |
| 60. |
False
evidence |
| 61. |
Unlawful
detention of pay |
| 62. |
Offences
in relation to aircraft and flying |
| 63. |
Violation
of good order and discipline |
| 64. |
Miscellaneous
offences |
| 65. |
Attempt |
| 66. |
Abetment
of offences that have been committed |
| 67. |
Abetment
of offences punishable with death and not committed |
| 68. |
Abetment
of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed |
| 69. |
Civil
offences |
| 70. |
Civil
offences not triable by court-martial |
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CHAPTER VII: Punishments |
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Punishments
awardable by courts-martial |
| 72. |
Alternative
punishments awardable by court-martial |
| 73. |
Combination
of punishments |
| 74. |
Cashiering
of officers |
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[Omitted] |
| 76. |
[Omitted] |
| 77. |
Result
of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer
or non-commissioned officer |
| 78. |
Retention
in the ranks of a person convicted on active service |
| 79. |
Punishments
otherwise than by court-martial |
| 80. |
Punishment
of persons other than officers, junior commissioned officers
and warrant officers |
| 81. |
Limit
of punishments under Sec. 80 |
| 82. |
Punishments
in addition to those specified in Sec. 80 |
| 83. |
Punishment
of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant
officers by brigade commanders and others |
| 84. |
Punishment
of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant
officers by area commanders and-others |
| 85. |
Punishment
of junior commissioned officers |
| 86. |
Transmission
of proceedings |
| 87. |
Review
of proceedings |
| 88. |
Superior
military authority |
| 89. |
Collective
fines |
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CHAPTER VIII: Penal Deductions |
| 90. |
Deductions
from pay and allowances of officers |
| 91. |
Deductions
from pay and allowances of persons other than officers |
| 92. |
Computation
of time of absence or custody |
| 93. |
Pay
and allowances during trial |
| 94. |
Limit
of certain deductions |
| 95. |
Deduction
from public money due to a person |
| 96. |
Pay
and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into
his conduct |
| 97. |
Remission
of deductions |
| 98. |
Provision
for dependents of prisoner of war from remitted deductions |
| 99. |
Provision
for dependents of prisoner of war from his pay and allowances |
| 100. |
Period
during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war |
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CHAPTER IX: Arrest and Proceedings
before Trial |
| 101. |
Custody
of offenders |
| 102. |
Duty
of commanding officer in regard to detention |
| 103. |
Interval
between committal and court-martial |
| 104. |
Arrest
by civil authorities |
| 105. |
Capture
of deserters |
| 106. |
Inquiry
into absence without leave |
| 107. |
Provost-marshals |
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CHAPTER X: Courts-Martial |
| 108. |
Kinds
of courts-martial |
| 109. |
Power
to convene a general court-martial |
| 110. |
Power
to convene a district court-martial |
| 111. |
Contents
of warrants issued under Sees. 109 and 110 |
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Power
to convene a summary general court-martial |
| 113. |
Composition
of general court-martial |
| 114. |
Composition
of district court-martial |
| 115. |
Composition
of summary general court-martial |
| 116. |
Summary
court-martial |
| 117. |
Dissolution
of courts-martial |
| 118. |
Powers
of general and summary general courts-martial |
| 119. |
Powers
of district courts-martial |
| 120. |
Powers
of summary courts-martial |
| 121. |
Prohibition
of second trial |
| 122. |
Period
of limitation for trial |
| 123. |
Liability
of offender who ceases to be subject to Act |
| 124. |
Place
of trial |
| 125. |
Choice
between criminal court and court-martial |
| 126. |
Power
of criminal court to require delivery of offender |
| 127. |
[Omitted] |
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CHAPTER XI: Procedure of Courts-Martial |
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Presiding
officer |
| 129. |
Judge-advocate |
| 130. |
Challenges |
| 131. |
Oaths
of member, judge-advocate and witness |
| 132. |
Voting
by members |
| 133. |
General
rule as to evidence |
| 134. |
Judicial
notice |
| 135. |
Summoning
witnesses |
| 136. |
Documents
exempted from production |
| 137. |
Commissions
for examination of witnesses |
| 138. |
Examination
of a witness on commission |
| 139. |
Conviction
of offence riot charged |
| 140. |
Presumption
as to signatures |
| 141. |
Enrolment
paper |
| 142. |
Presumption
as to certain documents |
| 143. |
Reference
by accused to Government officer |
| 144. |
Evidence
of previous convictions and general character |
| 145. |
Lunacy
of accused |
| 146. |
Subsequent
fitness of lunatic accused for trial |
| 147. |
Transmission
to Central Government of orders under Sec. 146 |
| 148. |
Release
of lunatic accused |
| 149. |
Delivery
of lunatic accused to relatives |
| 150. |
Order
for custody and disposal of' property pending trial |
| 151. |
Order
for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed |
| 152. |
Powers
of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this
Act |
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CHAPTER XII: Confirmation and
Revision |
| 153. |
Finding
and sentence not valid, unless confirmed |
| 154. |
Power
to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial |
| 155. |
Power
to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial |
| 156. |
Limitation
of powers of confirming authority |
| 157. |
Power
to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-
martial |
| 158. |
Power
of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute
sentences |
| 159. |
Confirming
of findings and sentences on board a ship |
| 160. |
Revision
of finding or sentence |
| 161. |
Finding
and sentence of a summary court-martial |
| 162. |
Transmission
of proceedings of summary courts-martial |
| 163. |
Alteration
of finding or sentence in certain cases |
| 164. |
Remedy
against order, finding or sentence of court-martial |
| 165. |
Annulment
of proceedings |
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CHAPTER XIII: Execution of Sentences |
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Form
of sentence of death |
| 167. |
Commencement
of sentence of transportation or imprisonment |
| 168. |
Execution
of sentence of transportation |
| 169 |
Execution
of sentence of imprisonment |
| 169-A. |
Period
of custody undergone by officer or person to be set off
against the imprisonment |
| 170. |
Temporary
custody of offender |
| 171. |
Execution
of sentence of imprisonment in special cases |
| 172. |
Conveyance
of prisoner from place to place |
| 173. |
Communication
of certain orders to prison officers |
| 174. |
Execution
of sentence of fine |
| 175. |
Establishment
and regulation of military prisons |
| 176. |
Informality
or error in the order or warrant |
| 177. |
Power
to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners |
| 178. |
Restriction
of rule-making power in regard to corporal punishment |
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CHAPTER XIV: Pardons, Remissions
and Suspensions |
| 179. |
Pardon
and remission |
| 180. |
Cancellation
of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission |
| 181. |
Reduction
of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer |
| 182. |
Suspension
of sentence of transportation or imprisonment |
| 183. |
Orders
pending suspension |
| 184. |
Release
on suspension |
| 185. |
Computation
of period of suspension |
| 186. |
Order
after suspension |
| 187. |
Reconsideration
of case after suspension |
| 188. |
Fresh
sentence after suspension |
| 189. |
Scope
of power of suspension |
| 190. |
Effect
of suspension and remission on dismissal |
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CHAPTER XV: Rules |
| 191. |
Power
to make rules |
| 192. |
Power
to make regulations |
| 193. |
Publication
of rules and regulations in Gazette |
| 193-A. |
Rules
and regulations to be laid before Parliament |
| 194. |
[Repeals] |
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CHAPTER XVI |
| 195. |
[Omitted] |
| 196. |
[Omitted] |
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The
Schedule |
